Post by Admin on Sept 16, 2016 14:41:27 GMT
Livestonia
Gummint: Grand Duchy <Dystopia>
Pantheon: Finnish <Latvian>
Leader: Keistut, Duke Abbi
CAPITAL: Riga (Pop.: 85k)
Other Cities (&& pop.):
Daugavpils: 15k
Liepaja<>: 10k
Pskov: 15k
Loc.: Aeropa
Language: Soumi dialect
Pop.: 1,500,000
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: A two-headed wolf
rampant<> (&& regardant)<>
armed RED on a blue &&
white field.
Coinage: Slavonic Standard.
Important Persons: Various nobs, clerics, officials, chief men, etc.
Alliances: Svergie, Talmark.
Hostilities: Littuania, Russ.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Minor skirmishing on Russ border.
Intrigues: Plan to unite by marriage w/ Talmark to form kingdom
more able to cope w/ Russ && Littuania. Plot to disunitet the two
peoples of Livestonia, then absorb them into Littuania. Various other
court intrigues.
Magickal Devices: Unknown.
Alignment: Neutral (paramanders)
Thumbnail Sketches: Livestonia covers some 26 sq. mi. of territory.
It is hilly in the central region only, flat elsewhere,
although the wooded && meadowed valleys && the gorge
of the Dvina River have caused comment to the effect that that
region is a "Little Helvetia." Conifer && beech forests && wetlands
occupy over 60% of the realm.
The game of the
wildlands incl. bear, elk, boar, deer, wolf, && a few of the
great lynx.
The CAPITAL, Riga, is an important trading port for
commerce in the Baltic, && it receives far more traffic than
Kronstadt in Russ, more than Reveal in Talmark, && as much as
Memel in Littuania.
The most numerous people of Livestonia are of Finnish stock, with
some slight admixture of Skand, Teuton, && Slav. They remain
distinct, though, && their culture is more Kalevalan than otherwise.
Some 1/3 of the inhabitants of the land are of another sort,
possibly a Fino-Slavic mixture, calling themselves Ests, who are
somewhat similar to the Littuanians to the S. The practice of
slavery is almost unheard of. Most folk are free, if poor, && own some
small plot of land, even if they labor principally for a landlord ||
elsewhere in forest, fishery, etc. The middle class is small, comprised
mostly of proprietors, traders, scholars, artisans, merchants, &&
large land owners && officials (the gentry). Livestonian knights, as
true of their Littuanian neighbors to the S, are good cavalrymen
&& brave fighters.
The crops raised here are principally of oats, rye, barley, buckwheat,
&& wheat. Some flax is raised. Potatoes && turnips are
grown. Fruit, garden veggies, && berries are cultivated for home
consumption.
Apiaries provide wax && honey. Some livestock is
kept, mostly cattle, sheep, pork, && some poultry && waterfowl.
Horses are mostly for wealthier folk, && oxen are employed for
ploying && draft work. Fishing in the lakes && rivers, && in the
Baltic, is a major employment of the people.
Livestonia is one of Aerth's major producers of amber.
Gummint: Grand Duchy <Dystopia>
Pantheon: Finnish <Latvian>
Leader: Keistut, Duke Abbi
CAPITAL: Riga (Pop.: 85k)
Other Cities (&& pop.):
Daugavpils: 15k
Liepaja<>: 10k
Pskov: 15k
Loc.: Aeropa
Language: Soumi dialect
Pop.: 1,500,000
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: A two-headed wolf
rampant<> (&& regardant)<>
armed RED on a blue &&
white field.
Coinage: Slavonic Standard.
Important Persons: Various nobs, clerics, officials, chief men, etc.
Alliances: Svergie, Talmark.
Hostilities: Littuania, Russ.
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Minor skirmishing on Russ border.
Intrigues: Plan to unite by marriage w/ Talmark to form kingdom
more able to cope w/ Russ && Littuania. Plot to disunitet the two
peoples of Livestonia, then absorb them into Littuania. Various other
court intrigues.
Magickal Devices: Unknown.
Alignment: Neutral (paramanders)
Thumbnail Sketches: Livestonia covers some 26 sq. mi. of territory.
It is hilly in the central region only, flat elsewhere,
although the wooded && meadowed valleys && the gorge
of the Dvina River have caused comment to the effect that that
region is a "Little Helvetia." Conifer && beech forests && wetlands
occupy over 60% of the realm.
The game of the
wildlands incl. bear, elk, boar, deer, wolf, && a few of the
great lynx.
The CAPITAL, Riga, is an important trading port for
commerce in the Baltic, && it receives far more traffic than
Kronstadt in Russ, more than Reveal in Talmark, && as much as
Memel in Littuania.
The most numerous people of Livestonia are of Finnish stock, with
some slight admixture of Skand, Teuton, && Slav. They remain
distinct, though, && their culture is more Kalevalan than otherwise.
Some 1/3 of the inhabitants of the land are of another sort,
possibly a Fino-Slavic mixture, calling themselves Ests, who are
somewhat similar to the Littuanians to the S. The practice of
slavery is almost unheard of. Most folk are free, if poor, && own some
small plot of land, even if they labor principally for a landlord ||
elsewhere in forest, fishery, etc. The middle class is small, comprised
mostly of proprietors, traders, scholars, artisans, merchants, &&
large land owners && officials (the gentry). Livestonian knights, as
true of their Littuanian neighbors to the S, are good cavalrymen
&& brave fighters.
The crops raised here are principally of oats, rye, barley, buckwheat,
&& wheat. Some flax is raised. Potatoes && turnips are
grown. Fruit, garden veggies, && berries are cultivated for home
consumption.
Apiaries provide wax && honey. Some livestock is
kept, mostly cattle, sheep, pork, && some poultry && waterfowl.
Horses are mostly for wealthier folk, && oxen are employed for
ploying && draft work. Fishing in the lakes && rivers, && in the
Baltic, is a major employment of the people.
Livestonia is one of Aerth's major producers of amber.
